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August 13, 2005

* E.S., Smithfield: Any reason why a letter to Carolyn Hax on July 15 was duplicated, almost word for word, to "Ask Amy" several days later? The letter referred to an observation of office hanky-panky.

Editor: Good catch! I can only assume the question was submitted, in slightly different form, to both advice columnists.

* Katherine, Smithfield: Why do you always put Tiger Woods' photo on the front page of the sports section? You have five people leading the tournament, and he is eight shots behind, but he is the only one who gets his photo in the paper. I am a fan of Tiger, but let's let the other golfers have their glory also.

* I read the article regarding the real estate assessments in the Farmington neighborhood.

The implication was that there was one property that has not been re-assessed in 12 years. The article implies that the property was owned by either former city manager George Wallace or by another City Council person. It would seem to me that, in the public interest, you need to clarify whose property that is. It seems there may be some type of corruption that the paper should want to investigate to inform the public.

Editor: We will follow up on Hampton City Councilwoman Angela Leary's assertions about unfair property assessments.

But let's be careful here: The story reported that Leary told the council last week the assessment of one home in the Farmington neighborhood had not changed in a dozen years. And that is former city manager George Wallace's neighborhood.

But we're not implying that the house in question is Wallace's. *

Today's Feedback responses were written by Dan Montgomery, features editor.